There is a thread I'm involved in over on OSW that may help here as well.
A lot of people are seeing the first Hot Toy John Connor jacket starting to
fall apart. Well, not the whole thing, just the pleather on it.
It's just the poor quality pleather they used on it.
It's so thin and once it starts having issues, it's done.
So, I started today working on the 2 I have, adding real leather.
Of course I use them for Van Zan vests. So I was cutting into these day one.
But a $5.00 piece of leather, should be enough to do a full restore on both.
So I'm adding this here to show you what I'm doing to restore them
and maybe it can help others do the same.
Once finished I'll give them a nice color wash and they should last for decades.
The wash will also blend the thread into the leather more.
The thing that really works on this jacket is the double stitched sectional
parts. The little bars that held down the pleather. They're not going anywhere,
so I use those as the anchor for the sections and as the
guide on how to cut the pieces to fit. In the end they will be covered,
but for others who have the entire jacket, you can still anchor the leather
to them, just don't cover them to retain the original look. Sorry I can't
show you the sleeves, but you'll get the general idea of what to do from the rest.
I'm doing them section by section and blending them together.
Here's some quick pictures on the 1st parts I've started.
That's just the starting phases and I'll update with more pictures as I go.
A lot of people are seeing the first Hot Toy John Connor jacket starting to
fall apart. Well, not the whole thing, just the pleather on it.
It's just the poor quality pleather they used on it.
It's so thin and once it starts having issues, it's done.
So, I started today working on the 2 I have, adding real leather.
Of course I use them for Van Zan vests. So I was cutting into these day one.
But a $5.00 piece of leather, should be enough to do a full restore on both.
So I'm adding this here to show you what I'm doing to restore them
and maybe it can help others do the same.
Once finished I'll give them a nice color wash and they should last for decades.
The wash will also blend the thread into the leather more.
The thing that really works on this jacket is the double stitched sectional
parts. The little bars that held down the pleather. They're not going anywhere,
so I use those as the anchor for the sections and as the
guide on how to cut the pieces to fit. In the end they will be covered,
but for others who have the entire jacket, you can still anchor the leather
to them, just don't cover them to retain the original look. Sorry I can't
show you the sleeves, but you'll get the general idea of what to do from the rest.
I'm doing them section by section and blending them together.
Here's some quick pictures on the 1st parts I've started.
That's just the starting phases and I'll update with more pictures as I go.
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